ME AND JOY LUCK--TODAY!!!

I kept my head down and stayed "glued" to the sewing machine, and me and Joy Luck worked along fairly smoothly today---
I can't say the same for my camera---have no idea why it took some washed out colored pictures of my Joy Luck quilt---but??????

this is the pattern,    and Carrie did this one in the Verna line--
This is mine--

And I used the "Hatfield" line---this is a picture of the main body--still close to what "Carrie" did--only I used the plum solid instead of a white---

AND---

Here is my "version" of it!!!!  I added another narrow border around the main one--in a lighter color ( also in the Hatfield collection) because a couple days ago when I was "pokin" around in the fabric closet I found this piece of fabric--

And it was the perfect color--and it has the "perfect" design on it----CATS-----
so I wanted to use it for the border!!!!!
It is hard somethings when we find certain fabrics and we just have to have them because of the color or design on them---but we get them home and they do not "go" with anything we have -- so they sit on the shelf---so when I realized this piece was the "same" hue and color as the background for the Joy Luck quilt--How could I not use it---right????????
( I am not a happy camper tonight with the way the colors look on this quilt---I will retake some pictures tomorrow for you---this line is sooo pretty!!!)
Now who is gonna "volunteer" to hand quilt it for me??????

I almost have the "Kelly challenge" one done---two more borders and a bit to hand quilt---so keep your 'eyes" on this blog site!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not to worry----
In a car in the middle of Colorado, a wife said to her husband, "OH, dear George, I'm afraid the house is going to burn down.  I'm sure I left my iron on back there"!
George shrugged and casually replied, "the house will not burn down , dear, Don't worry".
"Now,  how can you make a statement like that with so much confidence?" his wife asked in disbelief.
"Easy," George replied.  "Because I forgot to turn the water off in the bathtub"!!!!!!!!!!!
                                          (B.Wesner--SC)

Hugs, Di